Breakthrough study in Nature Materials reveals DNA nanorafts reshape synthetic cells for controlled membrane dynamics and ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these ...

By reexamining 3D images used to map the connections between brain cells, researchers are uncovering new information about a small, elusive, and often overlooked cellular appendage.

The model has uncovered a hidden layer of molecular code that shapes biological organization, adding new dimensions of ...

Wednesday, 2/5/2025 11:15 am-12:15 pm Gerstenzang 124 Molecular Genetics Journal Club (Engineering Faculty Search) Heidi Klumpe, PhD (Postdoctoral Fellow, Boston ...

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Researchers from the University of Illinois have identified a key process coordinating liver maturation and polyploidization, ...

Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and research over the last few decades has established how essential they are to our physiology—in health and disease. A new study from EMBL Heidelberg ...

Nerve cells have amazing strategies to save energy and still perform the most important of their tasks. Researchers from the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) and the University of Bonn as well as ...

Filopodia help cells move but also aid cancer spread. Scientists have revealed how fascin proteins build these structures, ...

Scientists at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) have uncovered key insights into how T cells – the body's frontline immune soldiers – respond to infections like COVID-19. These findings could ...

Researchers have identified a unique mitochondrial process in CA2 neurons that supports learning, memory, and social ...